§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the survival rate of babies born with cystic fibrosis in each of the past 10 years, taking the points of survival at first year, fifth year, 10th year, and 20th year of life.
§ Mr. Moyle:I regret that this information is not available.
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§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what research is being currently sponsored by his Department into perinatal mortality and infant mortality; what is the cost of each project; and when is each project likely to be completed.
§ Mr. Moyle,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th November 1978;
A. DIRECT SUPPORT MRC Establishment Title of project Estimated expenditure 1977–78 £ Clinical Research Centre: Division of Hospital Infection Identification of the components of human milk that protect new-born infants against E.coli enteritis 44,772 Division of Perinatal Medicine Role of hereditary metabolic disease in stillbirths and perinatal deaths 1,645 Clinical and Population Cytogenetics Unit Serum and lymphocyte response in patients with Burkitt's lymphoma and naso-pharyngeal cancer 30,578 Clinical Genetics Unit Study of isoenzymes in leukaemic cells 8,242 Epidemiology Unit Asthma and other respiratory disease in children and the elderly 39,109 Industrial Injuries and Burns Unit Causes and prevention of common injuries 10,339 MRC Laboratories, The Gambia Infantile diarrhoea 25,203 MRC Laboratories, Jamaica (i) Continuous long-term studies on management of adult and paediatric sickle cell clinics 51,410 (ii) Long-term sickle cell cohort study 51,410 Medical Sociology Unit Maternity and neonatal data bank: development of linked computer-based record systems for research purposes 47,313 Statistical Research and Services Unit Long-term surveillance of subjects following various vaccination procedures 6,024 External staff working in Zaria, Nigeria Immunological study of measles and malnutrition, and meningococcal infection 15,833 Note: All the above projects are ongoing, and have no fixed tenure. 832W
Expenditure Establishment (and department) Title of project (and termination date) Annualrecurrent Equipment £ £ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Tropical Medicine) Electron microscopic studies in relation to the chemotherapy and pathology of tropical diseases (January 1979) — 40,500 University of Edinburgh (Pathology) The contribution of chromosome abnormalities to stillbirths, neonatal deaths and abortions over 20 weeks' gestation (September 1981) 9,324 6,914 University of Liverpool (Medical Microbiology) Laboratory and clinical studies of chlamydia trachomatis infections in women and infants (June 1981) 10,642 2,923 University of Warwick (Biological Sciences) Genetical approach to vaccine production for rotaviruses (September 1981) 10,796 6,667 Institute of Child Health, London (Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine) Measurement of cerebral blood flow in"at-risk"preterm and full term newborn infants (September 1979) 7,326 — Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff (Child Health) Participation in the MRC childhood leukaemia trials (February 1979) 1,677 — University of Bristol (Child Health) Participation in clinical trials and investigations of childhood leukaemia and solid tumours (September 1979) 1,518 — Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (Child Health) Therapeutic trials in childhood malignancy (September 1979) 1,379 — Vol. 958, c. 502–3]gave the following information:
I understand from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science that the Medical Research Council is currently supporting the following research projects in the field of perinatal and infant mortality:
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Expenditure Establishment (and department) Title of project (and termination date) Annual recurrent Equipment £ £ B. INDIRECT SUPPORT University of Oxford (Paediatrics) … Studies on fetal growth rate and the long-term effects of obstetric and medical care in"at-risk" pregnancies (December 1981) 26,646 844 East Birmingham Hospital (Regional Virus Laboratory) … Diarrhoea viruses (rotaviruses): separation and serology of specific proteins (December 1978) 5,898 — Institute of Child Health (Paediatrics) … Growth of lung function in premature infants and the influence of disease and therapy (August 1979) 12,456 2,557 St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London (Paediatrics) … Nutritional determinants of lead absorption in human population (June 1979) 16,834 7,705 University College, London (Physiology) … Control of anticonvulsant therapy in epilepsy by quantitative assessment of the electro-encephalogram (October 1980) 5,918 4,803 University of Leeds (Microbiology) … The epidemiology of organisms of the Klebsiella group (September 1980) 8,731 — University College Hospital Medical School, London (Paediatrics) … Clinical Value of iron-chelating agents in transfusional iron overload in thalassaemia major (December 1979) 8,264 — University of Leicester (Child Health) … Plasmid-controlled pathogenic factors in human enteropathogenic E.coti (September 1980) 10,041 2,692 University of Cambridge (Immunology) … Modified anaphylactic reaction to cow's milk as a cause of cot death (September 1980) 16,918 10,076 University of Cambridge (Physiological Laboratory) … Quantitative assessment of cerebral metabolism during hypoglycaemia in the newborn animal (January 1981) 5,960 2,636 University of Nottingham (Child Health) … The formation and maintenance of the functional residual capacity on resuscitation (December 1979) 9,223 485 King's College Hospital Medical School, London (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) … Fetal wellbeing in diabetic women; assessment by ultrasound of head to abdomen ratio and fetal breathing measurements (January 1981) 5,470 — The Hospital for Sick Children, London: Paediatrics … (i) Lung function in infants and children with high pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary arterial pressure (August 1981) 5,667 1,359 Haematology … (ii) Therapeutic trials in acute leukaemia, and survey of long-surviving patients with acute leukaemia (November 1979) 1,697 —